#F9E97A#F9E97A

#F9E97A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.133 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E97A
RGB	rgb(249, 233, 122)
HSL	hsl(52, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 51%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.61, -8.62, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.61, 56.00, 98.85°)
OKLab	oklab(92.47% -0.0259 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(92.47% 0.133 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.7209, 79.8252, 30.0384)
Luminance	0.7982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E97A #7A8AF9

analogous

#F9A97A #F9E97A #C9F97A

triadic

#F9E97A #7AF9E9 #E97AF9

tetradic

#F9E97A #7AF9A9 #7A8AF9 #F97AC9

square

#F9E97A #7AF9A9 #7A8AF9 #F97AC9

split-complementary

#F9E97A #7AC9F9 #A97AF9

monochromatic

#EED10B #F6DF3F #F9E97A #FCF3B5 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F9E97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.96

#F9E97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E97A

16.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E97A	1.00	1.24	16.96	16.96
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 233, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.133 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdefa3',
    500: '#f9e97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e97a;
$custom-light: #fdefa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 91.367,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92467,
    "c": 0.13326,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E97A

secondary

#4254D5

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E97A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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